The 69-year-old, who's finest recognized for steering the Oscar-winning movie Crash and writing the script for James Bond film On line casino Royale, was allegedly detained on Sunday, Italian information media has reported.
Haggis was in Italy to attend a movie pageant that's set to start within the vacationer city of Ostuni, Puglia on Tuesday.
Italian publications and businesses reminiscent of LaPresse are stated to have launched statements from prosecutors within the close by metropolis of Brindisi, stating how they had been investigating allegations from a ‘younger international lady’ who claims she was compelled to have ‘non-consensual’ sexual relations over two days.
The girl was additionally reportedly ‘compelled to see medical care’ based on prosecutors Antonio Negro and Livia Orlando, who're main the investigation.
Within the assertion, obtained by the Related Press, it's claimed that after a few days ‘of non-consensual relations, the lady was accompanied by the person’ to Brindisi airport on Sunday and ‘was left there at daybreak regardless of [her] precarious bodily and psychological situations’.
Airport employees and cops are stated to have observed the lady’s ‘apparent confused state’ and that, after preliminary therapy, she was moved to Brindisi’s police headquarters the place officers escorted her to an area hospital for examination.
Prosecutors reportedly added that the lady has ‘formalised her criticism and cited circumstances which had been subsequently regarded into for affirmation by investigators’.
Police have stated they're unable to supply details about the case or Haggis’ present whereabouts.
Haggis gained the perfect authentic screenplay Oscar for Crash in 2006, with the drama boasting a star-studded forged together with Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard and Thandiwe Newton. It additionally gained the perfect image Oscar that yr in addition to finest movie modifying.
His 2004 film Million Greenback Child additionally gained finest image on the Oscars.
The screenwriter additionally co-wrote James Bond movie Quantam of Solance, which starred Daniel Craig.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Paul Haggis’ reps for remark.
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